Patient perceptions of reproductive health counseling at the time of cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study of female California cancer survivors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-332

  Niemasik, Erin Ebbel ^a   Letourneau, Joseph ^b   Dohan, Daniel ^a   Katz, Audra ^a   Melisko, Michelle ^a   Rugo, Hope ^a   Rosen, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Fertility preservation; Reproductive counseling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865961515     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0227-9     Document Type: Article

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